Life, 1924-07-03 · page 8 of 36
Life — July 3, 1924 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate pieces of humor content typical of Life magazine's satirical format: 1. **"Life Lines"** - Brief social commentary on various topics, including convention radio static, Philadelphia cab drivers keeping tips, and a women's golf club requiring men to use restricted hours. 2. **"The Desirable Disease"** - A poem by Amos R. Wells romanticizing love's afflictions, suggesting love's suffering is preferable to health. 3. **"Appreciation"** and **"For Old Times' Sake"** - Short anecdotes mocking social pretension (a gallery visitor feigning interest in art) and remarking on the Van Oddsworths' marital reunion. 4. **Bottom cartoon** - Shows a job interview where a boss warns an applicant to close the office door quietly, satirizing workplace courtesy and office management clichés of the era.
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“WHEN YOU GET DOWN THERE, OL’ BOY, WOULD YOU LET ME KNOW IF I OUGHTA WASTE ANOTHER THREE HOURS HERE OR NOT? The Desirable Disease “To blame a young man for being in love is lik i chiding one for being ."—Duclos. S love a sickness? Let me then Be weakest, most unsound of men! Let love's high fever play its part Till it shall melt my frozen heart; Let love's chill ague shock and shake And all my selfish bondage break ; Let love’s consumption eat away The hardnesses of mortal clay Let love's neuralgia prick and sting My faults that ever closely cling; And let love's lameness hold me fast And bind me to her side at last! By such desirables as these I welcome love, the dear disease, And count it veritable hell If doctors ever call me well! Amos R. Wells. Appreciation NE afternoon during the season a little flapper decided to visit a fa- mous picture-gallery. “Not that it mat- ters about the pictures,” she had told her friends, “but one always hears of the most thrilling things happening at such places, and, of course, there is nothing in the world like being thrilled.” Accordingly, for quite a while, she stalked the floor of the gallery, idly glancing at the many efforts on ex- hibit. None of them, however, seemed to divert her in the least, and as noth- ing of a thrilling nature had taken place, the flapper prepared to depart. Then, suddenly, she became all atten- tion and with the keenest interest be- gan to stare at that which was set off by a simple gilt frame. Like nothing else in the entire establishment did it attract her, and she continued to gaze. You see, what the little gilt frame en- closed was merely a mirror. For Old Times’ Sake SEE the Van Oddlesworths are giv- ng a dinner party to-night.” “Why, I thought they were divorced This is their silver an- niversary.” Life Lines HE air is at last clear of conven- tion static, and our radio fans can now give their eardrums a vacation. JL As is usually the case, both parties tried hard to build their platforms en- tirely of springboards, aL Naturally, the Philadelphia cab-driver who returned $3,000 left in his cab figured that one loses caste by accept- ing small tips. JL The new Women's Golf Club will permit men to use the course at re- stricted hours, but they are required to leave their superiority complexes in the locker room. LL The Klan says it contributed nothing to elect Senator Mayfield of Texas. Then it broke about even on that deal. JL If all the pedestrians in New York were laid end to end, they would greatly simplify the task of the reckless driver, LL Independence Day is the day the Ameri- can citizen celebrates something he had and mislaid. aL “Can't Show U. S. Films in Japan” is a headline. Somebody has surely made a mistake. We need more Japanese in this country. AND DON'T SLAM IT Applicant Boss: ve HAVE YOU AN BE SURE TO CLOSE IT AS YOU GO OUT. OPENING HERE? comicbooks.com